- KIRSTEN MORRISON -

Contact: [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @kirstenmorrison_ TWITTER: @kirstmorrison_ MORE @ www.makecompassioncool.com #MakeCompassionCool

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The greatest gift you can give yourself is finding your limit. The LIMIT to how much you are willing to put up with before you say enough is enough. • The moment you finally decide that the story you've created for yourself about why you can't, no longer works for you. The moment you let go of what or who no longer serves you. The moment you decide to choose results over excuses & live an extraordinary life & not the one you've settled for. • I hit my limit at the start of this year when I took a stocktake of my life & all the shit that wasn't working, all the reasons I couldn't do something & made a commitment to myself to do whatever it took to change the outcome - because if you say you want change & nothing is shifting the answer is within YOU. • "I'm not a morning person" - forced myself to go to the 6am class at the gym every morning to change that. "I could never talk in front of people" - accepted to host two online workshops & talk in front of a few hundred people on stage in August. "I don't have the money to do that program yet." - got a loan for the money and INVESTED in myself, knowing I'll make it back. "I don't have the time." - I made time. HOURS of it by cutting out TV & mindless scrolling & no longer looking at celebrity gossip sites. I listen to podcasts & audio trainings in the two hours I spend in the car every day. Guess how much more I'm learning now? • None of this was comfortable. But it was necessary. I made a commitment at #thebridgeexperience at the start of the year to embrace the testing grounds. To choose to be comfortable getting uncomfortable. Nothing new happens on the comfort couch - everything is waiting for you beyond the reasons why not. Now instead of saying no automatically, I say yes, find a way & stretch in to the discomfort. • Because until your thoughts, words & actions are aligned in the direction you say you want to go in then nothing changes. The only thing standing in your way is you, and you are the solution. Start with you. Work on being the fullest expression of yourself. Choose again & again to break through your limit & what you'll find is that there are none. And that's where the magic begins. ✨ (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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This is how I started the year. Standing in New York, walking on a blanket of snow in wonder & awe. I was having a ball, feeling so much gratitude. Being fully present. Reflecting, shifting, growing. However standing here with this incredible view, I still had no idea where I was headed in life & what I wanted to do. • Fast forward to July & I've invested so much in my growth. Learned & expanded past what I knew was possible. Found life outside my comfort zone - and LOVING IT! Found mentors & my tribe. I discovered myself. • Life can truly change so quickly & can be so incredible when you allow the space for it to be. What my inner GPS has guided me to is this: I am committed to helping others through their journey to passion & purpose, to live their lives as the fullest expression of who they are. I believe the more people living from this space, we can create a ripple effect of change for the world. • Ironically, after years of trying on a million different hats, on a rollercoaster ride of emotion & confusion around my place in the world, my journey is now one that comes from a place of helping others find the happiness I have found by tapping in to what was there all along. • If you feel you're still trying to find your place in the world, that's ok. The gift is in the journey, not the destination. Passion is the result of action, not the cause of it. Don't be afraid to step outside your comfort zone in your journey of discovery. Your dream life is possible & its closer than you think. • My site kirstenmorrison.co is coming soon, where I'll be content around the three key areas that have changed my life; dropping the story holding us back, identifying your passion & purpose and all the tools, tips & resources to living an abundant life. In the meantime jump on, sign up & get your free copy of the Passion & Purpose Starter Kit - a guide to kick start your journey towards identifying your passions & living with purpose. I so look forward to taking this journey with you. 💖✨[link in bio to claim your kit!] (at DUMBO, Brooklyn)

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What do you want your legacy to be? Do you want to be remembered for what you had...or what you did? Because I guarantee that at the end of your life no one will give a f*ck about what you had, least of all you. You can't take it with you. People will remember you for how you made them feel, for the impact you had on their life, for the memories you created. The only thing that will matter to you in that moment is how fully you lived your life, if you left it all out on the field with no regrets. So check in, what are you living for? Are you trying to HAVE everything, or are you trying to BE everything you can possibly be and experience life FULLY? Leave with no regrets. This isn't a dress rehearsal - we are here for a limited time. Create a legacy that outlasts you ✨ (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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Our perception is always within our control. As soon as you change your perception - you rewrite the chemistry of your body. You're creating a change that sticks by believing a new way is possible. If you want a different result, work on changing the way you see it, or yourself, first. Change your view, rewrite your cells, rewrite your story.💫 (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla aka Captain Planet • We are quite literally energetic magnets; whatever we think & feel, we attract. High vibe = magnet for abundance 👌🏼✨😊

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I had the dream of living in America in my head as the pinnacle of what would make me happy for years. "Once I get to America, I'll be happy." I hated my job. Hated where I lived. Hated the city I was in. • About half way though my America trip, I knew I was going to come home. I wasn't even going to try & stay. I didn't exactly know why but I just felt that I wasn't yet the person who could hold the vision that had started to simmer inside me & that I needed to come home & focus all my effort on becoming the person I knew I could be. So I came home. • What has transpired since then has been pure magic. For the first time in my life, I am absolutely lit up from the inside out. I feel like I've found my purpose. I have a direction, the tools & support to start reaching for my vision. I have truly never been in a better space in my life AND I've connected with some truly beautiful people. Dropping the excuses and bullshit that had held me back my whole life opened up an ever expanding space of possibility. • I finally understand the meaning of "give from the overflow." I was saying to the beautiful @emilygallagher_consciousboss that I felt like Oprah right now, "You get some love! You get some love!" 😂💖 • Yet the realisation came over me this week that nothing about my outer world had changed. I'm in the same job, back in the same town, in the same house. Nothing about that bothers me. In fact, it's perfect. • Long term TRUE happiness is an inside job. External sources are a quick fix. Not everyone has understood or related to the direction I've moved in to & to be honest I've held back from sharing a lot for fear of judgment. What I've realised is when you find what it is your soul is looking for, you shouldn't let anyone plant a seed of doubt about that for you. Don't be trapped by living out someone else's expectation of you, or held hostage to your past. • It's YOUR life. Follow what makes your heart happy, follow your intuition (your internal GPS KNOWS!) & make space in your life for the things that are meant for you to show up. As @alexipanos & @prestonsmiles would say, you're "perfect, whole & complete but not finished yet." 💫 (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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Don't be afraid to say NO to create the space for a YES. 💫 • Stop investing your time & energy in things that are so-so, meh, kind of exciting, will do for now, the promotion you don't really want, the person you're dating who's flakey at best...and create room for the things that will light you up in a way that make you realise just how incredible life is. • This year I've said no to things I once dreamed of, that were my life long goals, with the trust that they were no longer for me and the belief that something incredible would turn up in that space. • When we let go of what is no longer serving us, our vibration shifts & raises to accomodate what is for us. Let go of your expectations of what life SHOULD look like and create the space for life to exceed your expectations. ⚡️ • Life has a funny way of working out exactly as we need it to. Remember life is happening FOR you, not TO you. Life is too short not to be lived fully. If it's not a f**k yes, make it a f**k no. ✨👊🏼 (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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A few years back my cousin said to me during meditation that there was something about my energy that felt like an insistent tapping, like an urgent message trying to get through. That tapping I believe was my souls calling, my purpose if you will, trying to get my attention, to get me to realise what that was. • But I couldn't seem to figure it out. Up until recently I had NO IDEA what I wanted to do in life, I truly believed I had no skills, talents or purpose. For me, my not enough story ran so deep that I never had the space to find out what my mission was. I didn't know how to interpret the tapping trying to get my attention to see that it was all there inside of me the whole time. When I cleared that story, everything shifted & fell in to place, as if a light came on. • The step I believe is so often missed in finding out your calling is letting go, clearing what is blocking you & holding you back. A lot of us are just putting in the surface work, we are trimming the tree without getting to the root of what our story is that's stopping us from living our life to its full potential. And so that thing, that story keeps showing up & playing out in a multitude of ways. • We are energy in, energy out beings. That pain you feel, the confusion, the hurt...that's all part of your vision, your dreams, the life you know you deserve blocked inside you. Until we learn to lean in to the discomfort, face off with ourselves & the parts we don't want to see over & over again, get to the root & clear it...we can't move forward. We don't recognise the incredible power, the dreams, the talent, the abilities that are all inside us right this minute. • What do you need to face off with? Who do you need to forgive? (Forgive yourself while you're at it!) What do you need to clear in order to claim your power? Do that first. Clear what's holding you back, then go to work creating the life of your dreams. Everything you are looking for is already inside you, on the other side of facing off with your story. Be willing to do that, to step in to the ring. We all came here with the right for a brilliant, abundant life. It is possible for you. Rewrite your story. ✨ (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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We have a tendency to block ourselves right at the finish line, the fear of failure tripping us up right before our biggest breakthrough. • 'Failure' - it's just another word for growth. But it's easy to get stuck in your head & forget that. (Hello, chronic overthinker, overanalyser & perfectionist right here 🙋🏽) • What if Oprah had listened when she told she was unfit for television? What if Michael Jordan quit basketball when he was cut from his high school team? What if Steve Jobs gave up after he was fired from his own company? • Something that I was reminded of this week, in the midst of the growth & stretching outside my comfort zone, in the midst of the fears & second guessing myself, is the fact that you never know who you're inspiring by just showing up as the fullest expression of yourself. The world needs more people living from a place of passion - just go for it & show it's possible. We are always doing better than we give ourselves credit for. • Like the incredible @petajean_ told me this week, you cannot mess up when you're just revealing yourself. 💫 People love messy humans. It's ok not to have it all together. It's ok to be vulnerable. Whatever the dream is you have in your heart, just put it out in the world and course correct as you go along. Action is the antidote for fear. You got this. 👊🏼💥 #justshipit (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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My trainer said to us this morning, "what's your choice today, excuses or results?" • I nearly dropped my kettle bell it seemed so profound (it was 6am so it may have had something to do with being half asleep also). • Because it's not just the gym that choice applies to. We are faced with that decision every single day in all areas of our lives. It's easy to come up with an excuse, to "do it tomorrow", to scroll your feed one more time. But when you find a WHY so powerful it overshadows your circumstances, your habits, the story you've clung on to your whole life as to why you can't...then you just make it happen. • You choose the result of an extraordinary life, the one you always knew was possible. Get out of your own way and make it happen. Find your WHY. Make it big, and make it happen. What's your choice today? 💫 (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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Can you be grateful for something your eyes have not yet seen? ✨ • Whatever it is you say you want in life, can you be grateful for it as if it's already here? • Trust that it's possible. Know it's on its way. Then embody what that looks like - live, breath and act in accordance with the version of you that already has it. (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

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“Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance. Therefore the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul.” - a snippet from the #soulschool with @alexipanos book of the month, by Steven Pressfield called “The War of Art". • The book dives deep in to procrastination/resistance when it comes to your life's work or what is important. Keep an eye on when you procrastinate, where your time is going and where you could channel that energy in to what matters most to you. Use fear or resistance as a signpost to lean IN, rather than quit. 💫 (at Melrose Avenue)

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"Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you." - Rumi 💫 Everything is connected. (at The High Line)

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"We are unlimited beings. We have no ceiling. The capabilities and the talents and the gifts and the power that is within every single individual that is on this planet, is unlimited. You can start with nothing. And out of nothing, and out of no way, a way will be made." - Michael Beckwith (at Gracias Madre)

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✨ What did you want to be when you grew up? ✨ • I am pretty sure I still haven't grown up & hope to have Peter Pan Syndrome forever 😂 but for this exercise let's say when you were a kid, what did you want to be? • For me, it was a fiction author, an Olympic champion horse rider and an archeologist. I was honestly so convinced as a kid I was going to stumble across some other realm like in the Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe...and don't even get me started on the fact I'm still waiting on my Hogwarts letter 😂😩 • Although we might not always end up living out the particular roles our younger selves imagined, there's no reason we can't take the intention behind those choices and apply to our lives now. • For me, the common thread between anything I chose was a level of adventure and unwavering faith & belief in the world, even that which I couldn't see. A deep understanding that there was no impossible. • Now as a 'grown up' I can see those are two areas that I would LOVE to incorporate in to my daily life that would bring me enormous amounts of joy. • Going on adventures, seeing new places and seeing familiar ones through fresh eyes and looking for the possibility to experience it differently. Believing in the intangible, having that same unwavering faith in energy, frequencies and the ability to manifest your dreams and step in to alignment. In other words, magic. • We all have the ability to experience the world with child like wonder if, like kids, we stop trying to have it all figured out & worrying about what it might look like to others. • So, what did you want to be when you grew up and how can you incorporate that in to your life today? 💫 • #SOULSTRETCH #soulschool #creativity (at Santa Monica Pier)

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✨ "The universe does this thing where it aligns you with people, things and situations that match your vibration. The higher your vibrating, the more you will see things that benefit your wellbeing manifest in your reality." ✨ (at Melrose Avenue)

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A few weeks ago at the @soulsistercircle event featuring the beautiful Dr Ezzie Spencer of @lunarabundance 🌙 • In such an on the go, constantly 'doing' world it was interesting to learn more about flowing with the Ying & Yang of the moon cycle and understanding WHEN to be in the space of doing and when to allow yourself to be in the space of being. ✨ • You can get a lunar cycle print out off Ezzie's website - once you see it you'll notice how your energy lines up and you can flow with it rather than against it 🙌🏼 #consciousliving #alignment #iknowalotofpeoplenamedjess (at WAREHOUSE No.5)